Unit GREEK EPIGRAPHY
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- 35014206
- Curriculum
- Classico
- Teacher
- Emilio Rosamilia
- Teachers
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- Emilio Rosamilia
- Massimo Nafissi (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 18 ore - Emilio Rosamilia
- 18 ore (Codocenza) - Massimo Nafissi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Introduction to Greek epigraphy, from the origins to the Hellenistic period.
Inscriptions of a Greek city: the case of fifth- and fourth-century Athens. - Reference texts
- Margherita Guarducci, Epigrafia greca, 4 volumes, Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1967-1978 (repr. 1995), a selection. A list of the parts the students are expected to study will be made available during the lectures.
Epigraphic documents discussed and commented upon during the lectures.
Further readings (essential and recommended) will be suggested during the lectures.
N.B. Students attending less than 60% of the lessons (except working students) will be requested to read:
Margherita Guarducci, Epigrafia greca dalle origini al tardo impero, Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1987, pp. 1-313.
A selection of at least 15 texts, to be approved by the teachers before the exam, from Claudia Antonetti, Stefania de Vido (a cura di), Iscrizioni greche. Un’antologia, Roma: Carocci, 2017.
Within the limits of copyright laws, all texts will be made available on UniStudium. - Educational objectives
- After completing the course, students will achieve a basic awareness in the field of Greek epigraphy, especially of the archaic and classical periods.
They will be able to use the basic tools for research, to update their knowledge with scholarly tools, to communicate orally and to critically discuss the main problems addressed, relying directly on the texts. - Prerequisites
- It is recommended to have taken an exam in Greek history.
Knowledge of Ancient Greek is expected from all students of the Classics curriculum. Students from other curricula can contact the teachers and obtain an ad hoc program that does not require extensive knowledge of Ancient Greek on their part. - Teaching methods
- Readings.
Seminar and/or written papers.
Attendance checked by roll call.
Supplementary readings are imposed to students who attend less than 60% of lessons (see bibliography above). Attendance by working students is not checked. - Other information
- For the beginning, schedule, and room of the lessons, see Department Official Pages http://www.lettere.unipg.it/didattica/calendari
- Learning verification modality
- A) Seminar and/or written paper on an assigned topic (e.g. an inscription) to be submitted before the end of the lessons.
B) Oral exam (ca. 30', after the course). Each oral exam will include up to two questions about the textbook and other compulsory readings from modern scholarship, as well as reading, translation, and discussion of up to two short passages from the inscriptions examined during the course. - Extended program
- Part A (prof. M. Nafissi): Greek scripts of the archaic period. After some preliminary lectures on Greek epigraphy, lectures will deal with some of the most commonly attested Greek archaic scripts.
Part B (Prof. E. Rosamilia): inscription of fifth- and fourth-century Athens. Lectures will deal with Athenian epigraphic habit and will focus on the variety of ancient documents that were displayed in this ancient city.